Sand-band.



Patented 0ct. 24, |899.

W. A. EDDY. SAND BAND.

(Application Bled July 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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WALTQN A. EDDY,`OF RANDOLPH, NEX/V YORK.

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SPECIFIAT'ION fmi'ng part of Letters' Patent No. 635,467, dated october 24, 1899i Application filed July' 2l, l899. Serial No. 724,689. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, v Huey concern:

Be it known that LWALTON A. EDDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Randolph, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Sand- Band, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle-wheels, and more particularly to means for preventing access of sand to the bearings thereof, the object of the invention being to provide attachments which will act to effectively prevent the ingress of sand at both the inner and outer ends of the wheel-hub.

A'further object of the invention is to so construct the attachments for this purpose that they may be readily applied and detached and in which the structure will be simple and cheap of manufacture and adjustable to wheels of usual structure.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and iu which similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a wheel-hub and portions of an axle and axletree, portions of the spindle of the axle and of the axletree being in elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of an axle with one element of the invention fixed there'- to, a portion of said element being broken away to show the formation of adjacent portions of the axle-spindle. Fig. 3 Vis a per'- spective view of one element of the invention, the parts thereof being shown slightly separated. Fig. 4 is a detail section of a modification of the hub-retaining nut, showing its application to an axle-spindle and upon which the hub is mounted.

Referringnow to the drawings, 5 represents an axle comprising a spindle 6, the rear end of which latter is provided with an enlarge-V ment 7, which is substantially frusto-conical in form and peripherally of which is an annular groove S,having grooves 9 leading therefrom in the direction of the outer end of the spindle, an additional groove leading rearwardly from the groove 8 through the rear face of said enlargement. The spindle 6 is adapted to receive the hub 11 of a wheel comprising spokes 12, and which hub has in its rear end an annular groove 13, adapted to receive the similar iange 14, which projects at lower element 16.

right angles to the face of a two-part sand-v band comprising an upper element 15 and a The elements 15 and 16 have each a recess in their adjacent faces, which are adapted to cooperatively form an opening for the reception of the outer end of the axle 5, adjacent the spindle, said elements 15 and 16, which are substantially semicircular in outline, being held in mutual engagement and tightly clamped upon the axle 5 through the medium 0f clamping-bolts 18, passed through ears 19, formed upon the elements 15 and 16 and having alining-perforations 20 therein for the reception o f said bolts. The bolts are provided with the usual retaining-nuts. The lower element 16 extends below the flange 14 and also belowthe recess 13 and forms, in effect, a drip flange or edge from which the sand, mud, and water may drip, and thus be prevented from entering between the band and the hub. The upper element 15 of the band is provided with a rearwardly-directed lug 21, having a passage 22 therein,the upper end of which opens through the upper face of the lug 21 and is provided with an encircling ange 23, forming, in effect, a tubular extension. The passage 22 extends downwardly and forwardly of the lug 21 and meshes with the rear end of the passage 24, above referred to, and which opens into and extends rearwardly from the annular groove S. Thus by contributing a lubricant to the passage 22 it will pass into the groove or passage 24 and thence to grooves 8 and 9, through which it will pass to the engaging portions of the bearing to lubricate them.

Upon the axle 5 is fixed the usual axletree 25, held in place bymeans of the usual clips, and which tree is terminated with a square shoulder at apoint to directly impinge against the inner face of the lug 21. Pivoted to the lug 2l is a lever-26, having an annular flange upon its lower face adapted to receive the iiange 23 within its inclosure, and thus to prevent access of objectionable matter to the passage 22, the mutual engagement of the flanges preventing the movement of the lever upon its pivot when in its normal position. The lever 26 has a rocking movement also upon its pivot to enable the end thereof to be raised from the fiange 23 when it is desired to expose the passage 22, and in order to hold the lever at different point-s in its lateral adjustment there is ixed in a recess in the adjacent end of the tree 25 a helical spring 28, which exerts an outward pressure upon the rear end of the lever and over which the lever may freely slide.

It will of course be understood that if desired a common form of oil-cup may be cngaged with the upper end of the passage 22 for supplying a lubricant.

The outer end of the hub ll is likewise provided with an annular groove 30, which is adapted to receive the inner edge of a cupshaped sand-band 3l, having a peripheral groove 32 therein for the reception of setscrews 33, passed through perforations in the band 34, of usual form, at the outer end of the hub, said band inclosing the wheel-securing nut 35 and having passed therethrough and centrally thereof a pivot-screw 3G, which engages the center of the nut 35, and which screw may be adjusted to a position to receive the entire inward pressure of the hub or to distribute such pressure, as desired.

It will of course be understood that in practice the specific shape and construction of any part ot' the invention may be varied, and also that any desired material may be employed for any portion of the structure, without departing from the spirit of the invention. It will furthermore be seen that the sandbands above described are applicable to any form of hub having the grooves in its ends, and also that the several parts of the invention may be easily and quickly adjusted, and that when thus adjusted they will act with eiciency.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings is shown a modiication of the hub-securing nut, the web 40 of which is provided with an annular flange 41 at its periphery, which projects at rightangles to the plane of the web and is adapted to lie in the groove in the outer end of the hub in substitution of the sand-band 3l, asecond and concentric flange 42 lying within the inclosure of the first-named flange and being adapted to lie upon the opposite side of the flange 43, which forms a boundary for the groove in which the ange 4l is entered. It will be seen that in the employment of this nut it has the function of preventing access of sand to the spindle G in the same manner as does the sand-band 3l.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isl. The. combination with an axle comprising a spindle having an enlarged inner end provided with intersecting grooves, of a hub mounted upon the spindle and having an annular groove therein, a sand-band provided with a iiange adapted to enter said groove, an oil-passage formed in the band and communicating with one of the intersecting grooves of the spindle, and a closure for said passage.

2. A sand-band comprisingatwo-part plate having an annular ange thereon, one of the parts of said plate extending beyond the dange to form a drip edge, a lug carried by the opposite part, and an oil-passage formed through said lug and opening through the opposite face of the plate.

3. The combination with an axle comprising a spindle having an enlarged inner end provided with intersecting grooves, of a hub mounted upon the spindle and having an annular groove therein, a sand-band provided with a flange adapted to enter said groove, said band extending below lthe iiange to form a drip edge, an oil-passage formed in the band and communicating with one of the intersecting grooves of the spindle, and a closure for said passage.

4. The combination with a hub having an outwardly-extending band at one end and provided with annular grooves in its ends, of an axle comprising a spindle having an enlarged inner end provided with intersecting grooves and passed into the hub, a sand-band provided with a flange adapted to enter the groove in one end of the hub, said band extending below the ange to form a drip edge, an oil-passage formed in the band and communicating with one of the intersecting grooves of the spindle, a nut upon the spindle adapted to hold the hub in place, and a cup-shaped sand-band disposed with its edges within the groove in the outer-end of the hub and lying Within the inclosure of the band upon the hub to which it is attached.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

YVAL'ION A. EDDY.

Witnesses:

CHAs. WM. TERRY, RoDNEY R. CROWLEY.

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